Pope Francis’ funeral has been set for Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter’s Square, and a viewing of his body will begin on ...

Its grottoes contain the remains of popes past, and its vast marbled interior is home to some of the Vatican’s greatest ... II laid the first stone of the building on the site of a previous ...

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the ...

Giulia joined Newsweek in 2022 from CGTN Europe and had previously worked at the European Central Bank. She is a graduate ... in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Saturday, April 26, 2025.

After visiting Mexico in 2016, Francis said of then-U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump that anyone building a wall ... of the scandal-marred Vatican bank, and took bold steps to wrestle ...

Pope Francis died on Monday, leaving behind a legacy of reform at the $6 billion Vatican Bank. Although founded to manage clergy and church finances in 1942, for years the organization had been ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Gerald Posner is the author of 13 books, including God's Bankers. Pope Francis’ sweeping reforms cleaned up some of the mess ...

reform the scandal-ridden Vatican Bank and address a pension system that remains severely underfunded. Behind the scenes, Francis operated more like a hard-nosed CEO than a spiritual leader ...